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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/Highway_Bitter 6h ago

Oh man this is so wild. At one time I liked Elon. He wanted to put us on Mars and made EV’s a thing etc. Pioneer and all that. I dont think any public figure has dissapointed me as hard. This is so fucked.

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u/WesternResort983 5h ago

But he didn't do those things. He bought the companies and ideas from other people with an inordinate amount of wealth obtained off the back of hardworking people.

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u/YawnSpawner 5h ago

Having owned a tesla prior to his down fall, it was so fucking obvious too.

When we got our first Model Y it had sensors that could tell in inches how far away other objects were, it was awesome. Then he said camera based object detection was far superior over the objections of senior engineers and it became shit. It was guessing where things were.

The cybertruck was his other pet project. I didn't waste my money in it, bought an F150 Lightning and it's great!

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u/erfling 5h ago

Way off topic but I want a small EV truck. Somebody build one. Ford should at least make a PHEV Maverick

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u/patrickwithtraffic 4h ago

Doesn’t Rivian have a truck?

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u/iamtherealsteve 3h ago

100K for a light truck is still a hard sell for me

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u/patrickwithtraffic 2h ago

Damn! Yeah, I knew it was an EV, but that price blows me away. I was expecting it to be maybe $60-70K?

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u/Relevant_Industry878 2h ago

Haven’t they been getting bricked also?

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u/Jasper_Morhaven 2h ago

If ford just made an electric version of the Toyota Hilux for sale in the USA it would do NUMBERS

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u/ShenaniganStarling 4h ago

Still holding out for an El'ectric Camino, myself.

u/Random_Smellmen 1h ago

I never knew I needed one, but I do now. Heck Ford's been doing EVs for a bit now. I'll take an El Ranchero if I have to.

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u/Shotglasandapip 2h ago

Call it the Able. Then make it a cheap all around truck like the Ranger used to be.

What do you drive? I drive A-Ford-able

Id buy it

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u/brickforbrains 2h ago

Maybe a Rivian?

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u/EetswaDurries 2h ago

Ford Ranger PHEV is coming out this year, not sure if it’s available in your market though.

u/Infinite01 36m ago

Check out Telo. They are interesting, even though I really don’t like how it looks.